Chennai: Sun Group owned Private Radio Network Red FM, along with its sister concern Suryan FM in Tamil Nadu, is slated to further expand its network in the country with series of station launches. The move is considered to be a stature building exercise to further solidify its position as a leading player in the Indian radio industry. With millennials in Tier II and III cities increasingly evolving in terms of newer content consumption patterns, RED FM through these launches, will be riding this wave to tap into such high potential markets. Suryan FM, Tamil Nadu’s No. 1 radio network, recently saw the launch of 3 new stations like Vellore and Salem at 93.9 and Erode at 91.9 frequency, taking the network presence to a total 10 cities in the state.
The year began with station launches for RED FM in Jammu, Srinagar and Mumbai (with Magic 106.4 FM). With the initial response being extremely positive, and to the keep the momentum going, in addition to the above launches, RED FM will be expanding to Dehradun, Dulhe, Nanded and Muzaffarpur this month. The new stations will be aligned to RED FM’s brand personality of being irreverent, young, cool and trendy offering super hit music.
Speaking on the expansion, Nisha Narayanan, COO, RED FM said “We are delighted to expand our base and introduce new stations across the country. In line with our Phase III launch, the expansion is a strategic endeavor to tap into more markets. We take great care in localizing content as per our audience’s ever-evolving preferences and vernacular content is a sizeable part of our offerings. It gives us immense pride to cut across states, cities and languages to be a nationally present unifying platform for people to enjoy and express themselves. 2018 has already started on a good note and we aim to keep getting bigger and better!”
B Surendar, COO (South), RED FM said “It has been a long-standing tradition of RED FM to entertain our listeners with music and other forms of engaging content. Suryan FM is one of our most popular radio stations in Tamil Nadu and the new stations launched in Erode, Salem and Vellore will cater to even more people apart from our already strong markets like Chennai, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Trichy and Pondicherry. Salem will also have the distinguished privilege of being the first all-woman radio station in all of south India! The new stations were recently launched with much fanfare and we are anticipating increased listenership in the southern region, with more captivating content for our listeners!”
